The emperor has not been to the early court for several days, and everyone thinks that the emperor is addicted to the leopard room and beauty. Today's sudden early dynasty is unpredictable.

It's still the same day. The sky was not overcast, but it was a cloudy day, the ministers in the court put on their court clothes and came to the main hall, outside the main hall, several ministers stopped Yao Yuling and asked: "Lord Yao, do you know that the emperor will come to the early court today?" ”

The ministers had already experienced many early dynasties and not seen the emperor, so they inquired about Yao Yuling.

"The emperor's thoughts, how can we guess it." Yao Yuling said, "However, I heard that the emperor will come to the early court today. ”

Several ministers listened and looked surprised. Everyone looked at each other a few times, and Yao Yuling said: "The emperor came to the early dynasty, I guess he has also been here, everyone knows that the emperor's mind is not here at all now." ”

"Lord Yao is right, when the morning court is over, I plan to go to the Li Mansion."

"I heard that your child is going to be engaged to the young lady of the Li family?" Yao Yuling asked.

"Exactly, exactly."

"Congratulations then."

"So I'm going to wait until the morning and go to the Li Mansion."

"Plenty of time? The emperor is in the early court, and it won't be long, you can spend a long time preparing for this. Yao Yuling said.

Another adult: "I originally arranged to make an appointment with Lord Xuelin and the huge people to have tea together today, but I don't know if I can make the trip." ”

Yao Yuling said: "This early dynasty is no different from usual, the emperor suddenly remembered, so come and take a look." ”

While a few people were talking, Ma Ren also wanted to enter the hall, and when he saw a few big people chatting, he also stopped. When several adults saw that it was Ma-sama, they saluted him and walked to the hall with interest.

"Lord Yao, today the emperor personally went to the court, what kind of twists and turns have you prepared?" Ma Ren asked.

"There's nothing to do lately, nothing to do." Yao Yuling said.

"Lord Yao is right, the court is stable, the society is rich, and there is really nothing to do."

The two also came to the temple one after the other.

While the ministers were still talking in the hall, a voice sounded, "The emperor has arrived." ”

I saw the emperor come out of the apse, go straight to the dragon chair, and sit down.

The ministers in the palace saluted the emperor together: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The emperor said: "All Aiqing is flat." ”

A eunuch said to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs on the side: "If you have something to do, please play, and if you have nothing to do, you will retreat." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall were silent, and several ministers looked at the ministers beside them, had nothing to say, and then buried their heads again.

The emperor said: "Do all the Aiqing have nothing to do?" ”

His Highness still no one spoke, and the whole hall was terrifyingly quiet.

The emperor looked at the group calmly, and he glanced at the ministers in the palace, and from beginning to end, they were making the same dull movements, seemingly standing respectfully, bending over, respectful to themselves. But the emperor knows that he has not been in the early dynasty for more than a month, and a lot of things can happen in such a long time, but now it is so calm.

"Wang Aiqing, do you have something to do?" The emperor suddenly called by name.

"Back to the emperor, the minister has nothing to do."

Hearing such an answer, the emperor nodded, such an answer was expected by him. So the emperor shifted his gaze to Yao Yuling again: "Yao Aiqing, do you have something to do?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the ministers have nothing to do."

"Where's Ma Aiqing?"

"Back to the emperor, the Ming Dynasty under the emperor's governance, a peaceful, no major events happened, during this time, the south of the Yangtze River was smooth, it was the year of the great shun." Ma Ren said.

The emperor nodded.

"Retreat." A eunuch shouted loudly to the ministers in the full hall.

"Congratulations to the emperor." The ministers shouted in unison.

The emperor stood up from his dragon chair, and before he walked out, he said to Wang Qianwen: "Wen Aiqing, you come to my study." ”

The Emperor's Study.

"Wen Aiqing, has something happened in the military department recently?" The emperor asked.

"When I returned to the emperor, I remembered the emperor's teachings every day, worked hard, and carefully looked at every official document in the locality."

"You don't seem to have answered my question." The emperor said.

Wang Qianwen said: "The world is peaceful, and nothing major has happened. ”

The emperor listened to his answer, and already knew that Wang Qianwen would not tell him the truth as he thought, but this matter was urgent, how should he deal with it.

"What is the recent movement of Wang Laohu of the Hangcheng Guard?"

"Why did the emperor suddenly remember Wang Laohu?" Wang Qianwen asked.

"This Wang Laohu Ancestor has no one to be an official, and he himself has no merits, I let him command the envoy this time completely because of his courage and his loyalty, so I want to see if he is qualified to be the commander of this Hangzhou, and whether my vision is wrong."

"There was indeed something wrong with the Hangcheng Guardhouse, but it was a few months ago, the soldiers in the Guardhouse rebelled and fled, but Wang Laohu dealt with the matter."

"You also mentioned this matter to me, and I know a thing or two. What I want to know is, has he been moving on to anything else in the recent past? ”

"He didn't do anything himself."

"Wang Aiqing, you know that I boldly used a newcomer, which is very risky, I don't know if anyone has done anything to be sorry for me after me, so you have to tell me the truth."

"He doesn't have anything, it's just that a few days ago, Shi Youcai in the guard came to the capital."

"What is he doing in the capital?" The emperor asked.

"It's not about Hangzhou." Wang Qianwen said.

"It's not Hang

The matter of the city, he came to the capital, it was really not a serious matter. The emperor said angrily.

"I replied to him the same way, telling him to be less nosy, and the affairs of other state capitals will naturally be dealt with."

"Yes, it seems that I misjudged him." The emperor said, "Wang Aiqing, I remember that last time Prime Minister Yao and Prime Minister Ma Cheng strongly recommended him as the prefect of Hangzhou, and the people who were elected by both of them could not be wrong." I was thinking that he didn't know what he was doing now, and he had to report it directly to the military headquarters. ”

Seeing that Wang Qianwen was a little hesitant, the emperor continued to ask: "Wang Aiqing, don't you have something to hide from me?" ”

Wang Qianwen knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Shi Youcai came to the military department to say that King Ning was in trouble." ”

"King Ning is in trouble? Why don't you tell me about such an important matter? The emperor said angrily.

"When Shi Youcai came, we didn't receive such news at all, and the minister thought that this was his nonsense. In addition, this had little to do with Hangzhou, so he was sent back. ”

"Even if what you say is true, is it confirmed now?"

"We have received letters from Nankang and Anqing one after another, and now it has been confirmed that Jiujiang and Nankang have been captured by King Ning, and now King Ning should be on the way to attack Anqing." Wang Qianwen said.

"King Ning has rebelled, and you still haven't reported it to me?"

"Back to the emperor, you are enjoying the joy of family in the leopard room, this King Ning's rebellion is just a trivial matter, you see the generals everywhere, the soldiers and horses everywhere, how many days can he jump?"

"I remember that it was General Che Xun who guarded Jiujiang, how is he now?"

"General Che has been martyred."

The emperor's heart was sour, and he slammed his fist on the desk, "What about General Li?" ”

"General Li heard that he was captured."

"Why didn't you say such an important thing in the early dynasty?" The emperor said, "Immediately let Lord Yao and Master Ma come to my study." ”

The three ministers were in the emperor's study.

The emperor looked solemn and asked, "Do you all know about King Ning's rebellion?" ”

Wang Qianwen looked at Yao Yuling, Yao Yuling looked at Ma Ren, and his heart was weak.

Yao Yuling immediately regained his composure and said, "Weichen also just heard about this matter today. ”

"Today?" The emperor said, "What kind of incident did Yao Aiqing hear?" ”

"King Ning said, he said, he said, ......"

Seeing Yao Yuling, the emperor said directly: "What else can't I say in front of me!" ”

Yao Yuling knelt down, and when the others saw him kneeling, they also hurriedly knelt down together, and Yao Yuling said: "Your Majesty, I said, please forgive me for the crime of killing my head." ”

"Do you think you guys are not guilty of killing your head now?" The emperor said, "Say, I will forgive you for the sin you said." ”

"Your Majesty." Yao Yuling said. "King Ning said that you are not the orthodox Ming Dynasty, he is the legitimate emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

The emperor smiled, and several ministers were interrupted by the emperor's laughter, they were puzzled, and the laughter stopped: "King Ning not only killed Jiangxi Governor Li Press and Deputy Envoy Xu Ting, but also appointed his own ministers and military department secretary, which is already a complete rebellion, and you still say that it is a trivial matter." ”

"The emperor forgives the sin, we are also for the emperor's sake, we are afraid that this matter will hurt your dragon body."

"If you're afraid of hurting my dragon body, aren't you afraid of hurting my country?"

Ma Ren said: "Your Majesty, King Ning only has this little bit of soldiers and horses in his hands, and he can't go anywhere?" We can let the officers and soldiers in Anhui encircle and suppress him. ”

The emperor said: "Officers and soldiers in Anhui? Wang Aiqing, what do you think? ”

"King Ning attacked Anqing, now even if you let people defend Anqing, there is no hurry, after Anqing, King Ning doesn't know where to act?" Wang Qianwen said, "According to the minister's opinion, King Ning will go all the way north." ”

The emperor asked, "Do you think King Ning's destination is Jingshi?" ”

This Mingli people thought that King Ning's destination must be Jingshi. "Yes, Wechen thinks so."

The emperor thought for a moment and asked again, "What about Yao Aiqing?" ”

"Weichen's thoughts are the same as those of Lord Wang, King Ning is simply beyond his strength, he wants to go all the way to Jingshi, and he doesn't look at how many places he has to pass, he will lose his life before he reaches the halfway."

"So you're safe now." The emperor asked.

"No matter what, it is impossible for King Ning to reach Jingshi, so please rest assured, I will immediately order the commander of Anhui and Hubei to besiege King Ning." Wang Qianwen said.

"No, I will personally go and crusade against King Ning." The emperor said.

As soon as Yao Yuling heard that the emperor was going to fight King Ning in person, he squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Qianwen and Ma Ren beside him, and they immediately understood. Wang Qianwen said: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed. ”

"Why not."

"Your Majesty, you are the body of ten thousand gold, you went to the south to fight, if you hurt your dragon body, it will not be good." Ma Ren said.

"Do you think I'm really that vulnerable?"

"Of course Weichen doesn't think so, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, with superb kung fu and excellent strategy, of course King Ning is not the emperor's opponent, I am afraid that the sword has no eyes, and there can be no king in the capital for a day." Yao Yuling said.

"King Ning is going to rebel against me now, do I still have the heart to watch a play in the capital?"

"Of course, the emperor only needs to watch the play in the capital, Lord Liu just told us, let's go and choose some beauties for the emperor to come back, Your Majesty, you are at ease in the capital, I will let Lord Wang handle all this."

"So, you don't agree with me going to the south?"

"Please think twice." Several ministers said.

The emperor nodded, he had to give up, every time something happened, when the emperor wanted to go on an expedition, these people would always come out to stop him, just like the last time he went out to Mongolia, although he agreed

himself, but what he gave himself was 10,000 veteran remnants, and the emperor knew that this time would not be as he wanted, behind this, he felt that there was an invisible hand, and then controlled all this. "Wang Aiqing, last time Shi Youcai came to the military department, what did he say?" The emperor obviously wanted to hear what Wang Laohu meant.

"Your Majesty, this Shi Youcai gave Wang Laohu's intention, and only came to Jingshi, Weichen thought, he has led several soldiers and fought a few battles, and he also said in the official document that King Ning will capture Jiujiang and Nankang, all the way to capture Liudu. He is a person with water in his brain, King Ning went to attack Liudu, what to do there, what is it a joke. Wang Qianwen said.

The emperor thought about it and said, "You think Wang Laohu is telling a joke, why do I think what he said is right?" Anqing, located at the gateway of the upper reaches of Nanjing, has been along the Yangtze River since ancient times, and if Anqing is captured, Nanjing will be in the bag. ”

Wang Qianwen didn't dare to look at the emperor with his eyes, so he had to say: "The emperor is wise, the emperor is wise." ”

"Wang Laohu is right, King Ning must not be allowed to take down the remaining capital." The emperor said, "The loss of Anqing is inevitable, and now only by letting Wang Laohu help hold Nanjing together can we resist King Ning." ”

The three ministers glanced at each other, they still couldn't make up their minds about this important decision, no matter whether this matter was ordered by the emperor himself, they couldn't implement it immediately, Yao Yuling said: "The emperor is right, we have to carefully study the whereabouts of King Ning, and come up with a foolproof strategy to deal with King Ning." ”

Of course, the emperor understood what Yao Yuling meant by this, and he couldn't find fault with it, so he had to say: "Several Aiqing have worked hard, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and it must be studied and implemented immediately." ”

After watching a few ministers out of the study, the emperor fell into contemplation again, Liu Jin took over the power in the court, and his own words no longer have much weight, King Ning's rebellion is a big deal, but he can only be anxious here, he can only put his hope on Wang Laohu, since he can know that King Ning is in rebellion, and also knows the route of King Ning's battle, he should also take action. But he understands better that Wang Laohu is an official in Hangzhou, and this incident does not happen in Hangzhou, and his soldiers and horses are a problem. He wanted to give Wang Laohu an order immediately, and let him resist King Ning with all his might.

But Xiao Lizi, who was doing things for himself, had been gone for many days, and he faintly felt another kind of uneasiness due to his limitations, can the eunuchs around him still be trusted?

It is said that Wang Laohu took Ouyang Yan and others to leave Anqing and returned to Hangzhou day and night. He settled them in the inn and asked people to contact the stage in Hangzhou to arrange a day for them to do the play, which is their profession and the guy they eat.

Guards.

"General Wang, you're back, has King Ning's matter been resolved?" As soon as Shi Youcai saw Wang Laohu arrive at the guard, he stepped forward and asked.

Wang Laohu shook his head and said: "There is no news in the capital, your official document is like a waste, Zhou Liang has also encountered some trouble in the capital, to solve the matter of King Ning, it is not so simple now?" ”

"King Ning's matter is not a trivial matter, I can't imagine why these people in the capital are not in a hurry." Shi Youcai said.

"The officials in the capital are thinking that King Ning is still in Anqing, and they can't beat them, they are all dreaming."

"General Wang, King Ning can't commit Hangcheng, we simply don't care about it, King Ning can't go south, we will sit and wait for the people in the court to destroy King Ning by themselves."

"Although General Shi's words are good, I already know that he is going to commit a crime, and I am a person from the Ming Dynasty, how can I watch the chaos and not destroy it?"

"King Ning doesn't want to hang the city, and the sky won't fall down and we can't come here. And if we want to do things, we have to go out of Hangzhou, if this is passed on, we will be the same as King Ning, and we will also commit the crime of chaos. Shi Youcai said.

"Nankang and Anqing have sent people to the capital, if the bigwigs in the capital don't act again and break through Anqing, this matter will be ironclad, and they can't be saved." Wang Laohu was not without worries.

"General Wang, this universal matter is not just me and you, this ship will naturally go straight to the bridgehead, and it is useless for us to worry about it now."

"yes, we're just worried." Wang Laohu said, "I hope that the people in the capital can make up their minds as soon as possible and give us a clear order." ”

Shi Youcai said, "Our official document has been in the military department for more than 20 days, and there is no news at all, we don't think that the military department has given us an order, but I hope that the rear department has ordered other guards to resist King Ning." ”

What Shi Youcai said was hope, but Wang Laohu knew that the military department did not have such an order now, at least not yet. Wang Laohu said: "General Shi, do you know why I want to go back to Hangzhou now?" ”

"Didn't you say that you were sending a troupe back to Hangzhou?" Shi Youcai asked puzzled.

"That's just one of them." Hearing Wang Laohu say this, Shi Youcai knew that Wang Laohu had other things to do when he returned to Hangzhou.

Wang Laohu looked at Shi Youcai and said, "Actually, when I came back this time, I asked General Shi for something." ”

"General Wang, what do you want from me?" Shi Youcai said, suddenly he understood, and continued, "You don't want to pull the soldiers of our guard to Jiangxi. ”

Wang Laohu said: "I do have this idea, but I am not pulling the soldiers to Jiangxi, but Anhui or Jiangsu." ”

"This must not be done, without the authorization of the Ministry of War or the emperor's order, we have no right to do this." Shi Youcai's attitude is very resolute.

"General Shi, now is not the time to stick to the rules of the formation, if we don't send troops again, Anqing will be over, the stay will be over, and the emperor will be finished."

"General Wang, I know that you are worried about the emperor, but we don't have this authority, and now we are just worried about it, Jiangsu has soldiers and horses from Jiangsu, and there are soldiers and horses from the capital in the capital, without an order, it is a capital crime to move troops and horses without permission, and it is the same as King Ning's rebellion."

"If it's the same, I'm going to do it too."

"General Wang, don't bother me, there are other generals, this is not only your business, but also everyone's business." Shi Youcai said.